The food environment in favelas is associated with the presence of arterial hypertension and diabetes in socially vulnerable women by Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva-Neto, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Nathalia Paula de Souza, Thays Lane Ferreira dos Santos, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio

“…Logistic regression models were applied using generalized estimating equations, adjusted for age, education, race/skin color, and poverty status. Participants: 1,882 adult women of reproductive age (20 to 44 years). …”
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Growth and Population Parameters of Panulirus penicillatus and Panulirus homarus in Labangka Tidal Waters, Indonesia by Evron Asrial, Erwin Rosadi, Hamid Hamid, Muhammad Ichsan, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah, Naning Dwi Sulystyaningsih, Agustin Dwi Sumiwi, Najiah Khalisah

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Penerapan Metode K-Medoids untuk Pengelompokan Mahasiswa Berpotensi Drop Out by Syamsul Bahri, Dwi Marisa Midyanti

“…Universities can make policies to minimize the number of students dropping out by identifying students at risk in the early stages of education. Dropout students can be predicted through several processes of obtaining patterns or knowledge from data sets called data mining. …”
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Vertical and spatial differences in ozone formation sensitivities under different ozone pollution levels in eastern Chinese cities by Zhuang Wang, Hao Zhang, Chune Shi, Xianguang Ji, Yizhi Zhu, Congzi Xia, Xiaoyun Sun, Meng Zhang, Xinfeng Lin, Shaowei Yan, Yuan Zhou, Chengzhi Xing, Yujia Chen, Cheng Liu

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Healthy aging in frail older adults: Active aging project of a national survey by Jisu Seo, Kyungok Joo, Yuelin Li, Nayoung Kim, Eunna Oh, Lkhagvajav Gansukh, Rhayun Song

“…The model was tested after controlling for age, sex (ref=male), economic status, and years of education. Among these confounding variables, economic status was a significant influencing factor in healthy aging (β = 0.14, p = 0.016). …”
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Optimal Bone Preparation for Triple-Tapered Stems: Does the Sagittal Taper Affect Optimal Femoral Sizing? by Jeff Shi, MD, Kevin Salomon, MD, Victor Shen, BS, Andrew Moore, MD, John T. Wilson, MD, Brian Palumbo, MD

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Intestinal protozoa infections and associated factors among diarrheal under-five children in Borena district, central Ethiopia by Alebie Mesfin, Woynshet Gelaye, Getaneh Alemu

“…Therefore, when diagnosing, treating, and educating patients about diarrhea, healthcare professionals should take these protozoans into account.…”
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Refined analysis of the limit modes of overhead power lines by S. S. Girshin, V. A. Deev, E. V. Petrova, O. V. Kropotin, V. A. Krivolapov, V. N. Goryunov

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Assessing the Factors Influencing Attrition of Health Workers in Government Health Units in Lyantonde District, Uganda. by Kansiime, Benon

“…The drivers of attrition included: low pay/salary/allowances 49.7%, limited opportunities for promotion 51.5%, poor/lack of utilities 62.6%, lack of housing facilities 75.4%, and poor education facilities for health workers 48.5%. the effect of attrition of health workers included; shortage of health workers 85.5%, lack of access to all health services in the facilities 73.1%, and poor service delivery 43.3%. …”
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Prevalence of and Risk factors associated with hypertension: a community based- cross sectional study in Ndorwa West Health Sub District, Kabale district, southwestern Uganda. by Munezero,Tamu John Bosco, Mfitumukiza, Valence, Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Mandera, Immaculate, Kabami, Jane, Arineitwe, Edward Bwengye, Namuyibwa, Lydia, Izo, Herbert, Baikaitwoha, Everd M., Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper

“…Only Age (p = 0.010, OR = 1.81(1.14–2.87) and level of education (p = 0.04) were significantly associated with hypertension. age ≥ 45years increased the likelihood of developing HT by 0.81 times. …”
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Effects of Corporal Punishments on Pupils Learning of English in Selected Primary Schools in Kyanamira Sub-County Kabale District Western Uganda. by Tumwijukye, Wencesilous

“…From the findings and conclusions of the study, the following recommendations have been made to reduce the use of corporal punishment as the solution to academic performance in primary schools. The education policy should insist that teachers have to use their professionalism to enhance higher performance schools rather than corporal punishment which creates fear in some pupils. …”
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Identifying the factors affecting the growth of the employees of the country's property and documents registration organization by Najmeh Ahmadi, Kolsoum Nami, Nader Ghourchian, Parivash Jafari

“…Individual growth includes scientific background, responsibility, and professional commitment; and organizational growth includes livelihood, management, codified and comprehensive educational program, motivational programs, career evaluation and promotion system, improvement and modernization of human resources and work environment, comprehensive program of updating and improvement of work processes, and mental health of the work environment. …”
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Value-creating factors in the professional relationship between the auditor and the employer in the auditing profession by Alireza Vaziri, keihan Azadi, Mojtaba Maleki choubari

“…According to the results of the research, the following suggestions are presented: 1- Development of education and promotion of expertise: Auditing institutions should pay attention to the education and promotion of the expertise of auditors and business owners in order to establish better professional relations by improving their specialized knowledge and skills. 2- Improving transparency and information disclosure: Legislators should enact laws and regulations that lead to greater transparency in audit processes. …”
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Global, regional, and national trends in drug use disorder mortality rates across 73 countries from 1990 to 2021, with projections up to 2040: a global time-series analysis and mod... by Soeun Kim, Hayeon Lee, Selin Woo, Hyeri Lee, Jaeyu Park, Tae Kim, Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Masoud Rahmati, Lee Smith, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Elena Dragioti, Christa J. Nehs, Jinseok Lee, Hyeon Jin Kim, Jiseung Kang, Dong Keon Yon

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Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States by Pearl A. McElfish, Aaron Caldwell, Donya Watson, Jonathan Langner, Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, Austin Porter, Don E. Willis, Jennifer A. Andersen, Nicola L. Hawley, James P. Selig, Amir Forati, Maria R. Alcala, Lanita White, Enrique Gomez-Pomar, Clare C. Brown

“…Summary statistics were computed, and adjusted rates ratios were calculated adjusting for maternal age, maternal education, and parity for payer, race/ethnicity, and rural/urban residence. …”
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Current applications and challenges in large language models for patient care: a systematic review by Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Christopher Rueger, Elon HC van Dijk, Rawen Kader, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marcus R. Makowski, Luca Saba, Martin Hadamitzky, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Daniel Truhn, Renato Cuocolo, Lisa C. Adams, Keno K. Bressem

“…Abstract Background The introduction of large language models (LLMs) into clinical practice promises to improve patient education and empowerment, thereby personalizing medical care and broadening access to medical knowledge. …”
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Computer simulation of annual work cycle of combined refrigeration system using night radiative cooling by A. P. Tsoy, A. V. Baranenko, A. S. Granovskiy, D. A. Tsoy, D. A. Koretskiy, R. A. Jamasheva

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Properties of new polycationic bacteriochlorin photosensitizers: cytotoxicity and interaction with biofilms by Irina Tiganova, Yulia Zhizhimova, Eteri Tolordava, Elena Makarova, Natalia Shevlyagina, Alexander Barmashov, Maria Baryshnikova, Vladimir Zhukhovitsky, Yulia Romanova

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Mechanism of Action of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> CCS043 Utilizing Allelochemicals for Rhizosphere Colonization and Enhanced Infection Activity in <i>Rehmannia glutinosa</i> by Feiyue Yuan, Fuxiang Qiu, Jiawei Xie, Yongxi Fan, Bao Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Zhongyi Zhang, Li Gu, Mingjie Li

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Efficacy and safety of the pulsed electromagnetic field in osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis by Ziying Wu, Xiang Ding, Guanghua Lei, Chao Zeng, Jie Wei, Jiatian Li, Hui Li, Tuo Yang, Yang Cui, Yilin Xiong, Yilun Wang, Dongxing Xie

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